In my opinion, beer can be split in two camps: lager or ale. This blog focuses mainly on different types of ales (pale, amber, red, strong, golden etc) but there are also different types of lagers (pilsner, bock, steam etc).

I don’t drink much lager so (at least for now) all lager is grouped here.

NB: I’m not a fan of the mass produced lagers that are popular in England (Carling, Fosters, Stella etc). There are however, some great lagers out there. If you’re just starting on your beer discovery, some of these would be a good stepping stone…